Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Qualifications Wales
Q2 Building, Pencarn Lane, Imperial Park
Newport
NP10 8AR
UK
Telephone: +44 1633373233
E-mail: procurement@qualificationswales.org
NUTS: UKL2
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.qualificationswales.org
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA41978
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Providing support for Public Consultations
Reference number: QW202101
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provide support to delivery of Qualifications Wales’ public consultations
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
62 504.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
113 436.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
73000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A three year framework with an option to extend 12 months, to provide support for future consultations that Qualifications Wales intends to conduct which may include any of the following elements.
(a) Designing and hosting:
- an online survey to support the standard version of the consultation
- an online survey to support the young people’s version of the consultation
(b) Producing:
- a young people’s interactive PDF version of the consultation
- an easy-read interactive PDF version of the consultation
(c) Analysing the responses (both in Welsh and English) from all formats of the consultation, to include:
- standard version of the consultation
- young people’s version
- easy read version
- any responses received in a non-standard format, such as letters
(d) Producing outputs from each consultation analysis for external audiences that summarise the key findings, to include:
- detailed analysis of findings
- summary of findings
- young people’s version of the report
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Analysis of Responses
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Reporting
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Approach
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Experience
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Alternative formats
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 129-318059
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: QW202101
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/09/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
OPINION RESEARCH SERVICES LTD
The Strand, Strand
SWANSEA
SA11AF
UK
Telephone: +44 1792535310
NUTS: UKL18
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
62 504.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
113 436.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 16 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
Providing alternative versions of the Consultation document, such as youth Friendly and/or easy read versions.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This Procurement has now concluded and been awarded.
(WA Ref:104548)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/10/2020